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Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 11:30pm PDT
corax wrote:

The main difference is capacity: a dual-layer Blu-Ray disc holds 50MB, while a DL HD-DVD only holds 30GB.

MS explains their Blu-Ray diss: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050927_190208.html

The surprise entry in Microsoft's and Intel's list of failures is disc storage capacity. On paper, Blu-ray appears to have the advantage. But the two companies looked beneath the paper: Capacity, said Ribas, "used to be the biggest advantage of Blu-ray, and we believed it. We thought, they'll get 50 GByte BD-ROM discs working, but it's not happening, and it's nowhere in sight. There are not even pilots. It's only in the lab that they are building these discs." With regard to demonstrated capacity, he told us, HD DVD-ROM actually leads BD-ROM by a score of 30 GByte to 25 GByte.

I imagine that after dual format DVD players appear in computers, eventually we'll see dual next-gen DVD players too (but not the Sony and Toshiba brands, obviously) making it a moot point for consumers, hopefully. I also see wedding bells for Lindsey Lohan and it looks like splitsville for Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.
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Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 6:23pm PDT NEW
    The format wars are hotting up. NT by February's Fussbett 09/27/2005, 8:29pm PDT NEW
    Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Vietcong (Vietnam mode) 09/27/2005, 8:56pm PDT NEW
        Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Souffle of Pain 09/27/2005, 9:21pm PDT NEW
            Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by corax 09/27/2005, 9:50pm PDT NEW
                Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/27/2005, 10:50pm PDT NEW
                    Porn by Motherhead 09/30/2005, 2:57am PDT NEW
                        Re: Porn by I need clarification 09/30/2005, 12:09pm PDT NEW
                Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 11:30pm PDT NEW
    Why I don't care. by Oom Shnibble 09/29/2005, 12:51pm PDT NEW
        Re: Why I don't care. by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 12:05am PDT NEW
            Maybe I'm being dense here but... by Oom Shnibble 09/30/2005, 11:13am PDT NEW
                A little short-sighted. by casual observer 09/30/2005, 11:27am PDT NEW
                    Re: A little short-sighted. by Oom Shnibble 10/04/2005, 1:56am PDT NEW
                        Re: A little short-sighted. by casual observer 10/04/2005, 2:17am PDT NEW
    HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Fussbett 01/07/2006, 5:12pm PST NEW
        Re: HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Siskel and Ebert 01/07/2006, 8:49pm PST NEW
            Final verdict: check back on this "format war" in about 5 years to see who won. NT by Creexul :( 01/07/2006, 11:14pm PST NEW
 
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